The Lucifer Effect

How can good people become evil? How can honest people be induced to behave illegally, and moral people seduced to act immorally? the answers to such questions lie at the hear of the fascinating exploration of the darker side of human nature.

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Examining the causes of evil, Zimbardo provides the first in-depth analysis of his classic Stanford Prison Experiment. He describes how a group of ordinary students was placed in a mock prison and how, in less than a week, the study had to be terminated when the 'guards' became increasingly sadistic and the 'prisoners' pathological.